Quaker is also celebrating their 70th year in business in 2019, which brought even more reason to celebrate with their customers at this event. During the Meet & Greet event on Wednesday evening, Quaker recognized their longest tenured customer and authorized dealers for helping grow Quaker into the company it is today. Specifically, Wilke Window & Door in Belleville, IL, was credited with being a Quaker authorized dealer for more than 60 years – longer than any other.
While these events are Quaker’s special way of honoring and remembering the memory of the late Tom Knoll, a co-owner of Quaker Windows & Doors at the time of his passing. It is important to note, that the main goal of these events is to raise funds to help provide scholarships to many local high school seniors to continue their pursuit of education at the college level. To date, the TMK Memorial Scholarship Program has awarded more than $100k in scholarships to over 80 local high school graduates.
As Kevin Blansett, Quaker’s CEO, stated in his remarks during the events, “Time will never end as long as we are investing in our future.” A sentiment he quoted as being instilled in him by the late Tom Knoll who would regularly quote a passage written by Shakespeare…
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time.
This sentiment is resonated throughout Quaker by it’s employees and management alike in our daily investment towards making the Quaker Difference. Whether it be through scholarships to the youth in our community, or in developing the latest technological advancements in windows & doors, Quaker is investing in the future. We are investing in Tomorrow.
Last, but certainly not least, we also want to extend a special Thank You to the following sponsors who helped to make this event happen. We couldn’t have done this without you!
| Cardinal Glass Industries |
| Verslues Construction |
| Tower Extrusions |
| Quanex |
| Erdman Automation Corp. |
| Energi Fenestration Solutions |
| Call & Gentry Law Group |
| Blue Corona |
| Amesbury/Truth Hardware |
| Claridge Extrusions |
| Scheppers International Truck Center |
| Acrisure Wallstreet Group |
| Rehagen Electric |
| INFOR |
| Craftsmen Trailers |
| Bi State Compressor |
| Jones Motor Group |
| Caldwell Manufacturing |
| AZON USA, Inc. |
| Central Plastics |
| Woodgrain Millwork |
| TCI Powder Coats |
| SMC Packaging Group |
| Shield Systems |
| Rands Trucking, Inc. |
| Ken Sanbothe Plumbing |
| Hoppe North America |
| HHH Tempering Resources |
| Coral Industries |
| Central Bank |
| Brennan HR Group |
| AdFast Corp. |
| World Resources Midwest |
| Rubin Brown LLP |
| Precision Wealth Strategies |
| Poettgen Brothers Garage |
| MO Ink & Stitch |
| Mebruer & Son Trucking, Inc. |
| IBT Industrial Solutions |
| Huber & Associates |
| Elliott Mfg. |
| Ultrafab, Inc. |
| IEI of Jefferson City |
| Dulle Overhead Doors, inc. |
| Wintech |
| Warden Publishing |
| Top Notch Body & Paint |
| Three Rivers Electric |
| Stalnaker Sales |
| Southern Stretch Forming |
| Sherwin Williams |
| Secon Rubber & Plastics, Inc. |
| Phifer Wire Products |
| John Henry Foster |
| Jefferson City Industrial Supply |
| Heubel Material Handling, Inc. |
| Harold Butzer Inc. |
| Dickneite Oil & Propane Co. |
| CoFair Products |
| Bulk Chemicals |
| BRT Extrusions |
| Blue River Coatings |
| Bank of Freeburg/Bank of St. Elizabeth |
| Allegheny Plywood |
| Pomp’s Tire |
| Ameren |
